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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14
Letter from CuIpeper.
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Correspondence OF the AlexanuFla eAzEiIEJ
MITCHELL's STATION, Va, Feb. 11.-Faith
in the ground hog theory has been very
much strengthened hereabouts since the
advent of several spriug-like days, as is evil
denced now almost on every farm by the
sturdy teams turning the generous soil to
the genial sun.
An unusual amount of extraordinary sore
throat-in some cases approximating diph-
iberia, has been unusually prevalent in this
neghborhood for the past several weeks.
The wheat crop generally, has since seed.
ing time, and to the very present, presented
the most doleful appearance, though good,
heavy snow (which we are looking for fol-
lowed by mild weather aud genial sunshine,
would not only quicken the wheat, but pre-
vent too early planting of many seeds.
Marvin, the twelve year old son of the
widow of Jerry Hudson, sustained very
severe fracture of the arm, by being thrown
violently to the ground by another boy
while wrestling. DR.. Triplett, of Culpeper,
successfully set the broken parts, and the
bow is doing we'll Sometime since the little
two wear old daughter of Mrs. John Tinsley
had a Joint of one of its fingers accidentally
while her mother was engaged in sewing,
and though she was Mortified by the act still
she had the presence of mind to bind the
parts together, and strange to say they have
knit perfectly.
If we have short crop Of candidates in
our county, do you know of any spare ones
from distance?
Dumping mountains, east of, and one
mile from the V. NJ. R. R; Slaughter's
mountain, on the opposite side, one mile
west, and Thoroughfare mountain, still west
of Siaughter's and about six miles distant,
and the campaigns around and between
these three separate and distant mountains,
forms not only favorite but famous fox
hunting ground, and there is not week :.
sometimes scarcely q day-but wha. the
gentlemen and the dogs are heard and seen
going on the merry chase. Two red foxes
have been caught within the past two weeks.
THIsTLE.
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Two Young MEN FIGHT.-Two young
gentlemen of New Orleans Messrs. Robert
Roman and Sydney Louis Theard, met in
personal combat last Saturday morning TO
settle, by an appeal to the code, a misunder.
standing which had arisen between them at
ball given at the residence of prominent
| creole merchant Wednesday night. The
cause Of the quarrel is said on authority to
he charming creole gil, who was the belle
of the ball in question, but rs the principals
aud their seconds refuse to talk about the
affair nothing positive as to its real origin
can be learned. The principals belong to
families amCng the most honored in the
State, one of them being son of Judge Al
fred Roman end the other q son of Judge
Paul Emile Theafd. The duel took place at
Z o'clock in the morning near Versailles, in
st. Bernard Parish, just below New Orleans
At an early hour the principals and their sec
onds took carriages and drove to the spot Sc.
lected for the encounter. The weapons were
French dueling swords. Hardly had the
two young men taken their positions than
the contest began with decided impeuosity
They went at it so holly and fie!cely that
they were separated three times. Mr.
Theard received flesh wound on the left
hand in the heat of the action. After the
third bout Mr.. Tbeard was wounded be.
tween the thumb and forelinger of the right
hand and the fight was stopped. Both
young men behaved with corsummate cour-
age and when the combat ceased the seconds
| ol both sides declared that the chiv&rous
champions should not attempt to reopen 1t,
and that reconciliation was perfectly pro.
per. Messrs. Theard and Roman were sat
| isiied with the decision of their respective
representatives they shook hands cor
daily. and thus everything ended TO the
satisfaction of everybody concerned. Mr..
Theard's wound is painful, but by no means
dangerous.
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Murdered il, = Will.

CHICAGO, Feb. IA special dispatch
from Winnipeg, Man., says Charles A.
Schoie!d, bookkeeper for McMillan's mills,
remained Saturday night at the mills to
post up his books. The mills are in lonely
part of the city, beside the Red river. At
twelve o'clock the Waterman saw him at
work at his desk. At one o'clock the
Waterman noticed that the light in the
Office had been extinguished and supposed
Schofield had gone home. Yesterday Scho-
field was missing. An investigation showed
that he bad been murdered in the office.
The stool on which he had been sitting was
broken and there were other evidences of q
struggle A big pool of blood was upon the
floor and trail of blood from the Office TO
a hole in the ice on the Red river about
fifty yards distant into which the body had
evidently been thrown. A butcher knife
covered with blood was found in snow
bank outside the building. The safe was
open and about 800 had been distracted
A party of men are engaged in cutting away
the ice and dredging for the body. Fred
Miller, the night Waterman, has been ar
rested on suspicion.
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Foreign Items.

ATHENS, Feb. Nm. Montholon the
French minister here, has concluded the
negotiations commenced by his predecessor,
Count De Mouy, who was an enthusiast on
the subject of antiquities. AS result OF
their efforts Greecs has given to France per-
mission to excavste at Delphi for remains
of the temple. NJ. Montholon had keen
rival in the American representative.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE foreign. office has
dispatch from Cape Town denying the
truth OF the report that DR.. Emil Holub and
his party had been massacred.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.-THE Car is
reported to have said 1.-The Panslavist agl-
tations are antagonistic TO the great Russian
policy and have assisted in entaiIing the
Bulgarian confusion. Panslavism cannot be
identified with The monarchical policy, TO
which it is opposed in many respects"
BERLIN, Feb. 14-Herr Krupp has issued
stirring appeal to his 10000 employees to
vote for the Septennste.
VIENNA, Feb. 1.-THE staff of the Steyr
rifle factory has been quadrupled and work
has been given to other factories. Repeating
rifles cannot be supplied for the whole army
until the end of May.
LONDON, Feb. 14.-Paris papers continue
to publish details OF German troops in AL
SAGE, vouching for the authenticity Of their
statements
BRUSSELS, Feb. 1.-THE Bishops of Bel
GUM have appointed DR.. Abbelods, an emf
nent Orientalist, rector of Louvain Uniyersi-
ty.
MADRID, Fob. IA large number of
men are employed in strengthening the
Notifications OF Cadiz
LONDON, Feb. 1i.-AdVices from ZAnzi-
bar state that the Sultan has refused to COM
ply with the demand Of the Portuguese Gov
ernor OF Mozambique to surrender the terri
tory claimed by Portugal, but recognized in
the Anglo German agreement with the Sui
tan as belonging to Zanzibar, aud has refer.
red the matter to the friendly powers. Por-
tugal has on this account ruptured diplomat
c relations with the Sultan aud has hauled
down the Portuguese flag from the consul
ate at Zanzibar In addition to this num-
Der Of Portuguese men Of war have proceed
ed to Tungi, the bombardn ent Of which is
threatened.
PARIS Feb IA dispatch from st. Pc
tersburg says that General Won Schwenitz
German Ambassador to Russia, recently
sounded the GA. as to whether he would
remain neutral in the event of war between
Germany and France, and that the Gar re-
fused to make any engagement respecting
the matter.
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The Nomnn.s Auxiliary.

The Woman's Auxiliary that has been formed
to cooperate with the Young Mems Christina d.
ISOLATION held its second meeting at Trinity n. y.
Church this evening. 1t is hoped that ever
earnest hearted Christian woman in sympathy
with this effort furni Ii an attractive and safe
place of social gathering for our young men will
make it Il matter Of conscience to unite with u5.
If she cannot so actively into the work OF the Aux
iliary, she can become II contributing member
and help by her sympathies and influence.
little less than ten cents per month is the mem
bership fee. We deeply in earnest in this
matter. Sixty three sa' oons beside other places
to draw away our young men from lives OF noble,
healthful, manly rectitnde, and not ore single
attractive place where they can spend a leisure
hour socially with each other uncontGmiuated
Surely the mothers. sisters wives daughters OF
Alexandria will gladly respond to this call to
join hearts and hands in the good work about to
be established. Tho following is list Of the off
GERS of the society, which has a membership OF
between forty and fifty to start with: Mrs. Wm.
Dinwiddie, President; Mrs. Edward Fawcet,
Vice President Miss Lucy Dorsey, Secretary
Miss Katie Uhler Treasurer. Executive Board
Mrs. Edward g. Leadbeater, Mrs. David Windsor
MIS-. II. T. Sharp, Mrs. J. NJ Noursc, Mrs Allen
Harmon, Miss Mary Goods.
l.. DORSEY, Sec W. A. Y II c. A.
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The Assault in the County.

To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
In your issue of the 10th inst, the local
reporter it seems was incorrectly informed.
The facts are as follows: Constable Isaac
Greene, colored, attempted to arrest Thos.
Golden, also colored, for az assault made the
Sunday previous in the county, on colored
man at the store of W. c. Johnston, and in
executing said warrant Constable Greene re.
ceiyed a severe blow from pick handle in
the hands of said Golden. Justice Henry
Drummond coming to the rescue OF Greene,
Golden was arrested and subsequently re-
leased by r. ". Johnston becoming his
surety. This assault on Greene in the exc
cution of his duty necessitates subsequent
legal proceedings against Golden, vino it
appears is very 5elligerent character
COUNTY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

THE BARRATRY AcT.-In the Corporation
Court of Lynchburg, Saturday, Judge La
than quashed the barratry indictments
against w. W. Laskin, 4 lawyer, principally
on the ground that tho two sections of the
act are to be taken together, and confine the
proceeding to the complaint made to the
court in pending case, and not by indict-
ment by the grand jury. lie also held that
the constitutional objections urged in the
Royal case were applicable and valid. In
the indictment for selling coupons without
license no delivered verbal opinion, quash-
ing the indictment on the ground that the
statute was unconstitutional, rs abridging
the right of individuals to deal with their
property He remarked that he had seen
newspaper report Of the decision of the
Court of Appeals in the Maury case, but
that the constitution of the United States
was the supreme law of the land end was so
recognized by the constitution of Virginia.
The Commonwealth attorney gave notice
of an appeal in the last case.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

The New York World says that the
great fault Of the President "has been
his failure to make his administra-
ton aggressively democratic and en-
ergetically reformatory. He was elected
to open the books, to AUNT out corruption,
to expose and throttle the pundering rings
whose existence and misdeeds are we'll
known, to veto the big jobs, curb the power
of corporations having relations with the
government and to do in q large field what
Gov. Tiden did in smaller. oae at Albany
The Presidents veto of the pauper pension
bill is the first large thing that he has done
rightly. By the applause which this act
wen he can learn what he has missed in
other directions"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

THE CONSTITUTION Of Virginia provides I:
"That no man shall be enforced, restrained,
molested or burdened in his body or goods,
or otherwise suffer on account of his reli
gous opinions or belief, but all men shall be
free to profess, aud, by argument, to main
tain their opinions in matters of religion,
and the same shall in nowise affect, dlmin-
ish or enlarge their civil capacities. And the
General Assembly shall not prescribe any
religious test whatever" 1t also declares
that "relision cannot be directed by force or
violence, and that all men are equally en-
titled to the free exercise of religion accord
ing to the dictates of conscience" 1t also
declares that the right of ecclesiastical be-
dies in and to church property conveyed to
them by regular deed of conveyance shall
not be affected by any act of the legisla'
,ure." And vet Mr.. ]. R. Tucker, repre-
sentative in Congress from Virginia, is the
author of bill now before Congress, the
practical effect of which. if enforced, will be
to destroy the Mormon church aud conf'
cate its property.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14
The RefaIiatory Bills.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE sub commit
tee ofthe House committee on foreign affairs
consisting of Messrs. Belmont, Clements
and Rice to-day presented its report on the
retaliatory bills. A substitute bill is recon
mended for the Senate bill aud the Belmont
bill. 1t provides that when the President
is satisfied that American vessels are denied
treaty rights, or reasonable privileges, he
may by proclamation prohibit the entry into
American ports of vessels owned entirely or
70 part By British subjects or arriving from
Canada or Newfoundland Except when in
distress), and may forbid the importation of
any goods, wares or merchandise from Cana.
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CARDINAL GIBBONS IN RoME.-Cardinal
Gibbons arrived at Rome On Saturday. He
was met ut the station by Archbishop Kir-
by, Rector of the Irish College, Archbishop
Carr, Of Melbourne, Bishop Kesne, Monsign-
or Callahan, of the English College, Bishop
Deasy, vice rector of the American College,
Monsignor Straneiro, Count bIuccioIi, and
many other eminent churchmen and Amer.
lean residents. The assembage knelt and
kissed Cardinal Gibbons episcopal ring, and
the Cardinal embraced Bishop Keane. The
entire party proceeded in carriages TO the
American College, where rooms had been
prepared for Cardinal Gibbons. The Cardi-
nal is in excellent health and spirits.
The Cardinals brief sojourn in Paris was
very pleasant. During bis stay in the
French capital he was the guest of the Sem.
mary OF St. Sulpice, several Of the profes.
sors Of that institution being friends of His
Eminence. In the absence of the Papal
Nuncio, Count Villeneuve gave dinner in
honor of Cardinals Gibbons and Taschereau,
the occasion aflordiDg the prominent clergy
an opportunity OF being presented 10 the
cardinals Cardinal Gibbons was also en-
tanned in Paris by the Archbishop Of Paris,
Minister McLane, Healy, the artist, and
Madam Ozanam. The Cardinal paid visit
to the mother house OF the Sisters OF Bon
Secours, branch CT which is located in Bal
limore, and in which Cardinal Gibbons
takes special interest The Cardinal stayed
a night Mt Genoa and also spent q short
time ut Pisa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

THE Richmond Dispatch, since 1t went
wrong on the State debt and the tariil ques-
tions, has acquired tendency to 50 wrong.
1t is egtegiously so respecting the perqui-
sites of congressman Congressman were
always, aud properly, allowed stationery;
but as some OF them abused that privilege
and drew enough to set up stationery stores
and some drew very little, it was thought
cheap 81 and fairer to change that system
and allow specified aud equal sum OF
money to each of them, senator and repre-
sentative. That money being theirs by law,
they can spend it as they choose, ana II
some would rather buy opera glasses ana
kid gloves than letter paper and envelopes,
or. a. many of them do, not huy anything
bat draw the whole sum at tho end OF the
session and take it home with them, 1t Is no
body's business but their owD; nor are they
to blame for asking the stationery keeper
TO buy for them what they want with the
money referred to, and which is credltedto
them on his books.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

TosHow that the protectiopislsunderstand
and realize the advantages of free trade, in
advocating the removal of the tax on sugar,
thew urge that free sugar shall only be re-
ceived from countries that admit American
products free of duty II free trade in su.
oar would be advantageous to this country,
why, in the.name of common sense, would
it not be equally so with free trade in salt,
clothing, medicine, furniture and all the
other necessaries of life?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

THE CONSTITUTION of the State OF Virgin
ia provides that the General Assembly shall
not pass any law mparing the obligation
of contracts. The law holds that the obi
CATION of contract is the law which binds
the parties to perform their agreement, and
ifsubsequsnt laws so change the remedies
as materially to impair the rights and inter-
ests of The holder of bonds, they are just as
much violation of the compact as if they
overturned his rights and interests. In
view of these facts, how Virginia courts can,
as they do, decide that tho repudia'ing bills
passed by the Virginia Legislature do not
impair the obligation of the contract the
State made with her bond holders, and
which contract is printed on the face of the
coupons, is easier to tell now than it would
have been formerly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

A WOMAN SHoT.-Last Thursday night
John Stricken, negro, shot and danger
ously wounded Agnes Satchel, a colored
woman with whom he had lived for several
years past, in the lower part of Accomac
county. Several days ago they quarreed
and parted. When the woman attempted
to carry off her effects Strickler would not
permit her to do so till she had invoked the
aid OF an officer. This enraged Strickler,
who procured a doublc.barreled gun, went
to the house where the woman was staying,
and discharged both barrels at her, innict-
ing serious wounds in her breast and Shout
der Slrickler then took to the woods OF
icers went in pursuit, but the fugitive had
disappeared and could not be tracked
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14
Narrow Escape.

ST. IeNAcE, Mich, Feb l4-Loaa
O'Besha's house at Graafescbap was burned
to the ground Saturday night. 0'Besaa aud
bis wife were terribly burned before they
could escape With ;heirtw children. They
were then obliged to walk in The intense
cold mile and half, very scantily clothed,
to their nearest neighbor's They were
nearly frozen besides being badly burned.
They may recover.
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The Militia Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE President
has allowed the act appropriatiag 100000
a year to provide arms and equipments for
the militia, to become law without his
signature. The constitutional Limitation Of
ten days within which he should nave acted
on this bill, expired on Saturday. His
failure to sign the bill is regarded as an
oversight, as ne was not known to object to
any of its provisions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

New YORK, Feb. l4.-There was not
much of a rush on the part of the strikers to
get back to work to. day for the reason that
many of the companies having piers along
the river front have refused to take back
the old hands. At some piers however, the
strikers have gone back in body, while at
many others the old hands are being taken
back quietly and individually.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14
ICOMMUNICATED.

A WONDERFUL REVIVAL An unprecedented
revival of religion is prevailing in the Hampton
Methodist Protestant Church, Woodbury., near
Baltimore. Rev. j. L. K!lgore, D D., Ta.tor Tie
meeting commenced the first Sunday in January,
and up to February 9th there have been 225 con-
versions, 2CO accessions to the church and 90
penitents still seeking All clasts are being
reached and the Interest is daily increasing The
president and vice president of notorious drink
ing club have been converted and joined the
church Many readers of the GAZETTE will re.
member the Rev. Dr. Killgore, who was pastor Of
the NJ. P. Church in this city fifteen years ago,
under whose administration a great revival pre-
vailed
The Doctor was surprised by his people week
ago by the presentation of complete wardrobe
very fine brondcloth suit of clothing, hat boots,
scarf, kid gloves. magnificent umbrella and
cover, and letter Dumerously signed sssnring
him of the love- honor aud yeueration of his
charge. Xxx.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

VIM. A. Cawthorn, yard conductor at
Newport News, was run over and kilied lasC
Saturday.
The Richmond and Danviie Railroad
Company have lust completed two commo-
dious freight depots in Richmond.
The wife of DR.. John R. Cabell, Of Dan
Vile, is dead. She was the daughter OF the
Hon. Vincent Witcher.
Tho Messra. Buchanan have sold heir
farm in the Locust Cove, Smythe county,
for $4,000. 1t contains large deposits OF
plaster.
"Cully" Lockwood, a well-known crimi-
nal, has baen arrested in New York on sus'
picion of burglarizing Jamison's bank at
Luray, on Jan. II.
William Speasard, of Roanoke county, Il
young farmer in good circumstances. COM
mitted suicide last week by shooting himself
through the head with a rifle.
Mr.. Hunter a. Baync, formerly of Rich
mond. died at the residence of his brother.
Howard Bayne, in New York, on Friday
last in the 9th year Of his age.
The contract for building the 200ton iron
furnace at Pulaski City for the Pulaski Iron
Company has been let to Jas. P. Witherow,
of Pittsburg. The price to be paid is over
100000.
The detail of First Lieutenant Lewis H.
Strother, of the First Infantry, as military
professor at the Virginia State Agricultural
and Mechanical College: has been revoked
by the President.
The Western Lunatic As, lum, recently
erected at Marion, Smythe county, was
turned over by the building committee to
Gov. Lee Friday. 1t will be opened for the
reception of patients on or about tho first OF
May.
Twelve canal boats loaded with coal, from
Chesapeake City for Baltimore, in tow OF
the tugs General Wystar and Clyde, were
caught in the storm Friday night between
PooIe's Island and COLCHESTER, ard four OF
i.them sank and the others beached.
In the United States Court in Norfolk
Saturday there was final adjudication OF
the Hygeia Hotel case. A consent decree
agreed upon by all parties in interest was
presented to Judge Hughes and signed. The
decree appoints the three executors of the
will; namely, Mrs. Phi@5us, Mr.. Fulton
and Mr.. Woodlin, receivers, to have judicial
custody of the property until a sale is made.
1t appoints Joseph G. Fulton, 2. T. WoodGn
and Thomas Tabb as commissioners to
direct sale Of the hotel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

TIE ONLY reasonable ground fer the
nomination of Matthews was the supposl-
tien that it might induce colored people to
vote the democratic ticket. OF course no
Southern man would have made any such
mistake; but to show how egregious it was
it ia only necessary to say that among
the petitions sent by colored men to
the United States Senate on the
subject, some speak of the "unrecon-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-14

PENNSYLVANIA makes ffty-nine per
cent of the Bessemer steel, and sixty-three
per cent. of tho Bsssemer steel rails
in this country, and that, too, not
wthstandiog the superior natural advan-
tages for the manufacture Of such articles
possessed by several of the Southern States,
including Virginia. That such should be
the case is only possible by reason of the ex-
listing tariff No wonder Mr.. Randall is op.
posed to "a reduction OF that tariff; but great
wonder that Mr. Randall should have sup
porters among the representatives of the
very Southern States, which, except for the
tariff, would soon become the great steel
manufacturing States of the Union.